re: Colorado Dem State Senator resigns to avoid recall vote(Posted by Quidam65 on 11/27/13 at 1:00 pm to Alahunter)

quote:I'm assuming a Democrat is appointed to finish her term.

We're talking the state Senate, not the US Senate. Colorado law may not allow the Governor to appoint replacements (I know in Texas, the Governor has to call a special election).

ETA: Colorado Constitution Article V, Section 2, states that any replacement will be of the same political party that the prior member was, if that member was affiliated with one. So a Democrat will be the replacement.

But there is a quirk: if the term was less than half-completed (i.e., less than 2 years of a 4-year term), then if the appointee wants to complete the entire term, s/he must stand for election to complete the remaining half.

Dems and their stupid gun grabbing initiatives have lurched Colorado to the right yet again. When will these tards understand that gun control is supported by eastern and western city interests and no one else?

re: Colorado Dem State Senator resigns to avoid recall vote(Posted by Quidam65 on 11/27/13 at 1:12 pm to Quidam65)

quote:But there is a quirk: if the term was less than half-completed (i.e., less than 2 years of a 4-year term), then if the appointee wants to complete the entire term, s/he must stand for election to complete the remaining half.

And in this case, she was re-elected in 2012. The Democrats will be able to replace her but only until 2014, when an election to fill the unexpired term must be held by law.